basket case
英 [ˈbɑːskɪt keɪs]
美 [ˈbæskɪt keɪs]
n. 经济状况极差的国家(或机构); 精神失常的人; 无适应能力的人
牛津词典
noun
- 经济状况极差的国家（或机构）
a country or an organization whose economic situation is very bad - 精神失常的人；无适应能力的人
a person who is slightly crazy and who has problems dealing with situations
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT （经济或金融）困境
If someone describes a country or organization as abasket case, they mean that its economy or finances are in a seriously bad state.- The country is an economic basket case with chronic unemployment and rampant crime.
这个国家长期失业严重、犯罪猖獗，经济几近瘫痪。
- The country is an economic basket case with chronic unemployment and rampant crime.
- N-COUNT 精神失常者
If you describe someone as abasket case, you think that they are insane.- You're going to think I'm a basket case when I tell you this.
如果我告诉了你这件事，你会认为我脑子进水了。
- You're going to think I'm a basket case when I tell you this.
双语例句
- At the bottom of the basket lay three microfilms, each in a metal case.
在筐子底下藏着三卷微缩胶卷，都用铁盒子装着。 - The country was an economic basket case due to civil war.
那个国家由于内战的关系，经济瘫痪。 - Food, the main victim of escalating prices, accounts for a third of the CPI basket and will likely lead to demands for higher wages; in any case, other costs like healthcare and utilities are also rising.
作为价格不断上涨的主要受害者，食品在cpi商品篮子中占三分之一的权重，食品涨价可能将导致人们提出加薪的要求；不管怎样，医疗和水电煤气等其它成本也在不断上升。 - North Korea's economy, once hailed as a miracle, was written off as a basket case.
北韩的经济，曾经被誉为一个奇迹，被注销的，作为一篮子的情况。 - If Thais are not careful, the country could become the next Asian basket case.
如果泰国人不谨慎行事，该国可能会变成亚洲的下一个绝望之地。 - A student who studies too hard for exams may not eat, sleep or play, for so long that he becomes a basket case and must be sent to the hospital.
为了考试而用功过度的学生，也可能不吃、不睡、不玩，时间久了，成了无力自理的人，只好被送进医院。 - In Europe, the long-standing basket case of the industry, Alitalia, is also burdened by a large fleet of old MD-80 short-haul jets, and it is largely unhedged against the soaring oil price.
在欧洲，长期以来一直苟延残喘的意大利航空（alitalia）也有大量老式麦道80短途飞机，并且基本上没有对油价飙升进行对冲。 - Detroit has been a fiscal basket case for decades, thanks to a toxic brew of bad governance, high crime, and a shrinking population.
底特律财政吃紧的状况已经存在几十年了，主要原因在于政府管理不善、犯罪率居高不下以及人口的日益萎缩。 - Vietnam, long seen as an economic basket case, is not far behind with projected growth of 6.1 per cent.
长期被视为经济凋敝的越南不会离预期的6.1%增长率太远。 - They made me wait so long for the interview that I was a basket case by the time I finally got called in.
他们让我等了很久才和我面谈。